Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-05

A Lively Discussion in the Convention
Yesterday.
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state Senator Samuel Hin was made temporary
chairman OF the Democratic State Convention at
Louisville, KY, yesterday.
In his address he referred to Mr. Cleveland as the
"fearless President, who has discharged all the
functions OF his Office with honesty and fidelity,
and who will again be intrusted with power"
Gen. s. B. Buckner was nominated for Governor
by reclamation.
LIVELY DISCUSSION
was provoked by Representative Mckenzie who
introduced resolution before an organization had
been effected: 'That the democracy or kentucky
has marked with satisfaction and pleasure the
wisdom, fidelity and courage with which Grover
Cleveland, President OF the United states. has
administered his high Office and hereby tenders to
him It's cordial assurance or unfatering confidence
and support"
The resolution was greeted with moderate
applause, In the midst OF which Congressman VIM.
Preston Taulbee mounted his chair and made an
excited protest against the consideration or the
question Involved until permanent organization
had been effected. He limited very strongly that
kept out OF the hall and their seats filled 10y people
not entitled TO admission, and amid loud cries OF
''Sit down." and "No, MOI" he indirectly charged
that the convention had been packed in the
interest OF the resolution The cries Increased in
volume, and at the top OF his voice the Congress
man declared that he was speaking 10 question
an omnibus Endorsement OF the Presidents course
on the ciy1l-Service, the silver question and the
Des Moines River bill, and Its character required
that 1t should be considered seriously and fully.
MI. Mckenzie retorted that in Offering the reso-
luton It was not his intention 10 ndorse the civil
service policy, for, thank God, IL had been his
privilege to vote against II; at the same time
there was no use pottering about the matter. IL
was simply proposed to approve the honesty, in
tegrity, rearlessness and courage OF the Admins
trat1on, and nothing would be gained by antago-
nizing the general policy OF the one man who was
the most available material OF the party for the
next national campaign.
The chairman ruled the discussion out of order.
and ordered the resolution " the committee on
platform.
made speech and was received with loud ap-
plauSe.
THE PLATFORM.
That part OF the platform which is OF national
interest, and which was adopted, is as follows:
"We declare our confidence in the integrity and
conscientious devotion to duty OF President Grover
Cleveland, and congratulate the country and the
party upon the accession OF democratic admins
tration national, economic, and clean, and We par
tcularly applaud the President for the fidelity and
courage with which he has protected the Treasury
frOm pillage by his exercise OF the veto power We
favor honest civil-servlce reform, by which we
mean the enforcement OF the faithful performance
by persons appointed to Office OF all public duties
intrusted to them, and TO this end, as well as TO
the maintenance OF the spirit OF our representa-
tive form OF government we demand the stricteSt
measure OF personal and party responsibility, and
are opposed to the substitution room OF this life
tenure, OF civil pension list, and all other APP
pendages OF bureaucratic system foreign TO the
genius OF our institutions and people. We declare
the honest money OF the Constitution good enough
for the people as expressed In gold and silver, and
paper convertible into coin on demand and are
opposed to all Sumptuary laws. We contend
that there are already our statute books
sufficient general laws having local applica-
ton to protect the public morals without
infringing on private rights. We denounce the
present war tariff, laid TO confuse as Well as TO
harasS the people, as a masterpiece Of injustice,
inequality, and false pretensa IL has been main
ta1ned by selfish and false theory OF protection
which robs the many to enrich few. 1t has piled
up in the national Treasury a surplus which
menaces the prosperity OF all classes and every
industry. We demand the immediate reduction OF
this war tarin not merely act or redress the
people promised by all parties, but as the only
safe and just method OF reducing the surplus: and
In making such reduction we demand further that
the taxes shall first be abolished or lowered upon
the necessities OF life; and, nnaly, We reaSsert the
Constitutional and democratic doctrine that taxes
should be levied exclusively Tor public purposes,
and limited to the requirements OF the Govern
ment economically administered
Congressman Taulbee submitted a minority re-
port that recommended the striking out OF that
portion OF the first resolution applaUding the Pres-
dent for protecting the Treasury. He was hooted
down.